KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ( WATE) — Knox County Schools in Knoxville, Tennessee, has banned “Roots,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel by Alex Haley that recounts the multi-generational struggle of his ...

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A Tennessee school district has banned “Roots,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alex Haley that helped reshape how Americans understand the history of slavery and African American genealogy. Knox ...